Rnd 2 vs Dragons - Game Day Thread

[Happy MEel]

Kritchard ran the ball twice tonight. If he comes off the bench we can get half a dozen out of him. Plus he won't miss five tackles if he doesn't have to defend for 80 minutes.

We were dominant in the middle regardless of his missed tackles. I thinks that's largely due to having four big men on the bench.

 

[Bazal]

Great win....but, definitely concerned about goal kicking. It was a tough night for the kickers and it wasn't relevant with 7 tries, but it could be an issue if it comes down to a two or three try game.

Anyway, great performance on the whole. French is a super star

 

[Happy MEel]

Kritchard ran the ball twice tonight. If he comes off the bench we can get half a dozen out of him. Plus he won't miss five tackles if he doesn't have to defend for 80 minutes.

Do you think we needed the extra four runs from dummy half tonight?

 

[Basil Brush]

If we are serious we will belt the Titans next week too.

Without Hayne, they will be better.

Also they will be desperate after 2 losses.

Massive danger game imho.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Have you seen Hutchinson play?

f**k me, you love an argument,

Hutchison was contracted before McCrone. It was also stated that Hutchison was first choice when he got injured. And yes I've seen him play. He's a solid defender, strong runner, and kicks a lot better than McCrone.

And I don't love an argument, I love accuracy.

 

[Eelementary]

Great win....but, definitely concerned about goal kicking. It was a tough night for the kickers and it wasn't relevant with 7 tries, but it could be an issue if it comes down to a two or three try game.

Anyway, great performance on the whole. French is a super star

French is a freak!

Ok, so he's not huge - but he does things bigger blokes simply can't.

His try tonight had me scratching my head, thinking, "How the f**k did he do that???"

He is magnificent.

 

[forward pass]

Great win....but, definitely concerned about goal kicking. It was a tough night for the kickers and it wasn't relevant with 7 tries, but it could be an issue if it comes down to a two or three try game.

Anyway, great performance on the whole. French is a super star

Yep I have been worried about our goal kicking and it is becoming a problem. We are lucky we dominated today otherwise it could have been lost on kicking.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Geez our jersey is ordinary. I think that's the most disappointing aspect of tonight's performance.

 

[Bazal]

Geez our jersey is ordinary. I think that's the most disappointing aspect of tonight's performance.

Really? I like it. I mean it'd be nice to have an actual sponsor but otherwise I reckon it's a ripper jersey

 

[strider]

Hutchison was contracted before McCrone. It was also stated that Hutchison was first choice when he got injured. And yes I've seen him play. He's a solid defender, strong runner, and kicks a lot better than McCrone.

And I don't love an argument, I love accuracy.

Actually you do like an argument too tbh

 

[Chipmunk]

Played Strong, Done Good.

We've easily been the best defensive team, when it mattered that I've seen in the first 2 weeks. But, we've probably only beaten teams that will finish bottom 4 at seasons end.

I like what I see though

Like how the Sharks lost to Manly in round three last year?

If there's going to be an upset it'll happen early in the season, before people really know whether it was an upset.

Did the Sharks completely dominate that game though?

 

[Happy MEel]

Geez our jersey is ordinary. I think that's the most disappointing aspect of tonight's performance.

We're 2 and 0 in that jersey. I say we lock it in for the next five years.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Haha, look at that dragons dressing room. Bunch of sad sacks.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We were dominant in the middle regardless of his missed tackles. I thinks that's largely due to having four big men on the bench.

We were dominant because we had all the ball. That's because we forced errors with our fast aggressive defensive line. De Gois helps us in that area.

Anyway if we don't need running from our dummy half (and it doesn't seem to be a feature of our attack) then we can make do with one over 80 minutes.

But our middle is not the key to our attack unless it's wet. Did you see how many of our middle forwards made 100 metres this week?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Do you think we needed the extra four runs from dummy half tonight?

I'm talking about those games where we inevitably do need them.

It's like asking if we needed all those goals Gutherson missed.

 

[Basil Brush]

Actually you do like an argument too tbh

Poor old Pou is so deluded.

Anyway, back on topic, great win. Our halves great and defence great.

 

[Chipmunk]

I reckon you're reading far too much into 1 1/2 or two games of footy. As an eels supporter I understand the pessimism but all we've seen so far has been mostly positive. Enjoy it.

Winning games tonight the way we did is about our development as a football team.

I like what I'm seeing to be honest, even more than last year.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Really? I like it. I mean it'd be nice to have an actual sponsor but otherwise I reckon it's a ripper jersey

I thought it looked very plain close up when Corey was interviewed. It's really made me question my support of the team.

 

[Happy MEel]

We were dominant because we had all the ball. That's because we forced errors with our fast aggressive defensive line. De Gois helps us in that area.

Anyway if we don't need running from our dummy half (and it doesn't seem to be a feature of our attack) then we can make do with one over 80 minutes.

But our middle is not the key to our attack unless it's wet. Did you see how many of our middle forwards made 100 metres this week?

So we agree we should only be including one dummy half in the seventeen. I think we differ though as to who that should be. I think Kaysa's service is much better and he hits harder (which adds to the errors you mentioned).

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Actually you do like an argument too tbh

Just agree with me ffs